Heather Isaacs

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  • Love Hoarders

    There exists a bedroom closet in my parents’ house where I have stored, over the years, a sizable number of boxes holding things of mine that have not been sensible to carry with me as I maintain a studio-sized lifestyle. But neither are they things I could bear to let go of, a reality I… Read more

  • The Missionary Position, Part 2

    For Part 1: https://oddbygod.wordpress.com/2013/10/05/the-missionary-position-part-i When you are thrown into a chasm of despair, I believe in holding on to whatever you need to make it through to the other side. Sometimes rescuing ourselves out of the pit involves a lot of clawing at rock surfaces, blindly feeling for the slightest edge that will bear our… Read more

  • The Missionary Position, Part 1

    The year between my sophomore and junior years of college, I worked as a student missionary. With my good friend Charity, we committed nine months to teaching English at a church-affiliated school in the city of Prague. As far as missionary positions go, ours was an easy job. Teach English during the week. Build relationships… Read more

  • Take My Hand

    “Nearby is the country they call life. You will know it by its seriousness. Give me your hand.”    –Rainer Marie Rilke She was an octagenarian living in an advanced state of dementia. Completely bedbound and dependent, she no longer spoke except for increasingly rare one-word utterances. Mostly, she stared into space or slept but once… Read more